The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-26
'};jE GRAVE or A GREAT MAN,
i'm philpct Currran's Burial-place-
he Sleeps Beside "Naiedhe's
Stream"
YEAR EMMETT AND O'CONNELL.
historical "reminiscences of the An
Gent Village Of Glas-
naYin,

The very ancient village Of Glasnevi1
wing at & distance OF little more thar
tw0 miles from the general postotfice
Dublin, is a place, in itself, OF high in
crest. Its name figures at an early pc
:iod III The Ecclesiastical History O:
Erin.
During the earlier half Of the las
century Glasneyin was the abode o.
:rysting- place Of some Of the creates
Wits and thinkers Of the age. It's gar
lens occupy a space which formerly be
}onged to the demesne Of Tickell, the
poet. Here, there is every reason tx
believe, did Dermody weave not a few
If his brightest fancies. Here, too
probably did Sheridan conceive some d
MS thrilling plots, and Addison reyel il
his happiest tancies.
Delvilla was the joint creation of two
men who iii q measure, and in certain
groove led Dublin society in their day
7is., Doctors Delaney and Helsham.
"Prou7er, says Scott OF DR.. Delaney
more caution or more interested than
Sheridan, he kept aloof from the horse
play of raillery which passed between
Che latter and The Dean and which TN
avoidably lowers in q certain degree The
man whose good hunor is contented to
submit to it. He made court to the
Dean by verses less humorous bnt more
elegant than those of Sheridan, and he
also had his answer in the style he used.
The distinction which the Dean made
between them is Obvious from his ex-
horting Delaney to impress on Sherj-
dan the sense Of propriety and self-re.
spect in which he thought him de-
iicient.
Close to DeIviIle, in fact beneath the
shadow Of it's boundary wall, as has
been pointed out in my recent article,
lie the remains Of the patriot Emmett.
at short distance westward and sepa-
rated from the classic grounds Of the
"Glasnevin Gardens by the historic
river Toika, which in this portion Of
it's course seems sadly to mourn an
eternal requiem, extends the Pere-le
Chaise Of Ireland, otherwise Prospect
Cenetery--verily Place Of Tcmbs--a
mighty City Of the Dead. Here, it is
almost needless to say, are inferred
hosts Of the best and mo oatdistinguished
and beloved of our people of all ranks
who have passed away within cvmpara
lively recent days. Here rest the re-
mains Of Ireland's S most illustrious son,
O'Connell, in whose honcr the beaut;-
ful and lofty round tower, which looks
down, as it should, upon all other
monuments in the place that has been
created. Perhaps OF the Glasnevin mem
orials the subject OF my present Illus
tratlol, the monument OF John Philpot
Curran, ranks next in point Of interest
to that Of the Liberator.
Curran was born i'll 1850, at n eWmar-
ket, county Of Cork, where his father
was seneschal Of q Manor Court. His
mother, whose maiden name was Phil
pot, has been described as very SUI
perior woman; and her i]lustriolis son
was won't to trace to her such talent as
he admitted he possessed. AT AL early
date he eyinced great aptitude for
learning and it was determined by his
parents to send him to the Dublin Uni
versity, which, in 1869, he entered as a
siZar. In 177S he proceeded to London
to serve his time in the Middle Temple,
and two years later was called to the
bar. During his professional career, as
in private life, he was invariably the
friend OF Ireland's friends: il he had
any foes they were the enemies OF his
country.
1t would be impossible here to pre-
sent even a sketch OF the great orators
life. Suffice it to say that Curran was
perhaps the most prominent among the
many great men who, by their legal at
tainments and eloquence, made the
Irish Rar so illustrious during a period
land and death to defend" He was
the most brilliant of
Erin's orators, and was so considered
by contemporaries who could have pos
sessed little sympathy with his political
sssWhere Grattan, Curran, Sheridan
and those who bound the Bar and Sen
ate with their skill,' wrote Byron.
There were giants OF debate in those
lays, but the race seems to have all but
lied out with O'COnnell.
Currau died in 1917, and was buried
II the vault of Paddington Church,
London. TWenty years. as stated by
Petrie in1s3l, "has nearly lapsed, and
40 stone marked the grave where Cur
AN was inferred. = TO the managing
committee Of the cemetery Of Glasne.